Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-28
DAILY HERALD.
()PULENT TULARE.
Abundant and Unfaling
Crops Continually.
THE BANNER WHEAT COUNTY.
A Paradise for Grain and Fruit
Growers and all Kinds OF
Farming.

Tulare county is a land of richness. 1t
lies near the upper end of the great San
JOAQUIN Valley, and in its 4,l00,00O
acres is an empire of wealth. 1t Is
bounded on the north and west by Fres.
no county, east by Inyo and south by
Kern. Its population in 1880 was H.
esl, and in 1857 estimated at l,0O0
The assessed valuation of property was
then S.. 5.204 TT. 1t is now over Sill
100000. Its most remarkable success is
owing to the subdivision of the land into
small farms, mainly of 20 and 40 acres
each, and the boring of artesian wells
and the construction of large irrigating
canals. The immigration into this para
dise for farmers is very great, and the
population aud wealth of the county
doubles at least in five years.
Only Jew years ago before the great
Southern Pacific Company sent its hy-
ING trains through this wondrous valley,
the people lived frugally as in new
Acadie,
aWhere the richest was poor.
Andthe poorest lived in abundance"
But the picture has changed by rail-
way communications. and now the own
ers of land are swiftly advancing to the
rank of millionaires. In the foothills
oranges thrive we'll, and Tulare oranges
took the first prize at the citrus fair a,
San Diego last year.
No country ON the face OF earth can
produce greater vsriety of profitable
crops than the Tulare valley, including
the foothills and small valleys in the
mountains of that county. Wheat, bar.
ley, oats, rye, Indian and Egyptian corn,
sorghum, millet, broomcorn, cotton, flax,
alfalfa. clover and other tame grasses
are here to be found growing with as
great luxuriance as could be wished for.
Vegetables, such a. onions, luttuce, tur.
nips. parsnips, carrots, beets and toma-
toes can be grown so as to have them
fresh every month in the year, while
green corn, peas, string beans, cabbage,
melons. cucumbers, ETC., are IN the mar.
ket from one to two months earlier and
from two to three months later than in
tho Eastern States. Irish and sweet po-
tatoes are not strangers to the table at
any season of the year, and of fruits no
a kind of deciduous can be named that
will not flourish there, and grapes grow
to marvellous size and possess great
sweetness. Some of the statements are
deemed fabulous by those who never
saw Tulare grapes on the vine. From q
soil 100 feet deep the vine makes an
astonishing growth. A single specimen
raised by B. F. Moore is q surprising
illustration of the productiveness of the
soil of Tulare. Mr.. Moore gathered
from four.year old vine of Muscat
grapes 300 pounds of fruit. On ono
branch of this vine, only IL inches il
length, was single cluster that weighed
2l pounds, and on another branch Il
inches long was another cluster tina,
weighed 10 pounds.
These specimen growths are wei
authenticated by various parties. The
famous grapes Of Eschol were nothing
in comparison to those of Tulare, ano
the valley of the Nile, so celebrated fol-
its fertility, is not for a moment to be
compared to that of Tulare county
Twenty acres of land in the irrigated
portion of Tulare county will yield dmore
hay, make more beef, butter, cheese.
and pork than any 100 acres of farming
land in Iowa or Kansas. Tulare Lake.
in the western part of the county, re
'ceives the surplus waters not used
for irrigation. Water in abundance
comes out OF the grand snow.covered
Sierra Nevada mountains on the east,
and flows through this opulent land,
bringing fertilizing material through all
the year into this valley of happiness.
Among the streams are the Kern, Kawea,
Tule, White and Kings rivers, Deer,
Elk, Outside, Cameron and Cross creeks
In addition to these copious streams
there are 200 flowing artesian wells, that
supply vast amount of water for irriga-
tion and domestic use. The soil is gen.
orally sandy loan, with here and there
streaks of clayey soil and some adobe.
The whole of it produces grain in abun.
dance that taxes the capacity of the
warehouses of Tulare City and the Tulare
Mills to the utmost. Theae have ca
pacity of 10000 bushels, and do, an
enormous business.
BANNER WHEAT COUNTY.
Following is the latest and probably
the most accurate statement of the wheat
yield of the State, by which it will be
seen that Tulare leads all the counties in
the Stste in the producing of wheat: